manufacturers_search
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Discover pharma & device MANUFACTURERS from CMS Open Payments by name, total-spend band, or year of first appearance — the emerging/small-brand filter (low total_spend and/or recent first_seen_year) plus optional specialty/state activity. Answers: which small or new manufacturers pay physicians in my category and territory? Entity-resolved company dimension (DBA/subsidiary variants merged). Filter: name, max_total_spend, first_seen_year_min/max, specialty, state. [price: $0.03/call]
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | no | case-insensitive substring of the manufacturer name |
| max_total_spend | number | no | only manufacturers whose all-time reported spend is ≤ this (small/emerging) |
| min_total_spend | number | no | |
| first_seen_year_min | integer | no | manufacturers first appearing in/after this program year |
| first_seen_year_max | integer | no | |
| specialty | string | no | Open Payments recipient specialty leaf, e.g. 'Cardiovascular Disease', 'Hematology & Oncology' |
| state | string | no | 2-letter recipient state code(s), comma-separated |
| performance_year | integer | no | |
| sort | string | no | total_spend|first_seen_year|physician_engagements|distinct_specialties|display_name, optionally :asc/:desc |
| limit | integer | no | |
| offset | integer | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "case-insensitive substring of the manufacturer name"
},
"max_total_spend": {
"type": "number",
"description": "only manufacturers whose all-time reported spend is ≤ this (small/emerging)"
},
"min_total_spend": {
"type": "number"
},
"first_seen_year_min": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "manufacturers first appearing in/after this program year"
},
"first_seen_year_max": {
"type": "integer"
},
"specialty": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Open Payments recipient specialty leaf, e.g. 'Cardiovascular Disease', 'Hematology & Oncology'"
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "2-letter recipient state code(s), comma-separated"
},
"performance_year": {
"type": "integer"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "total_spend|first_seen_year|physician_engagements|distinct_specialties|display_name, optionally :asc/:desc"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 100,
"default": 25
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0
}
}
}